Reference: Hard
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Besides other meanings which are still in use, 'hard' sometimes means close: Jg 9:52 'And Abimelech
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Then Sarai said to Abram: You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms; she knows she is pregnant and she despises me. May Jehovah judge between you and me.
Pharaoh was too stubborn to let us go. Because of this every firstborn male in Egypt-human and animal was killed. This is why we sacrifice every firstborn male to Jehovah and buy every firstborn son back from Jehovah.
When Abimelech attacked the tower he went to the door to set the tower on fire.
My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. The grave is waiting for me.
Jesus said to his disciples: Truly I tell you, it is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.
A spirit controls him and suddenly he cries out. He foams at the mouth. It throws him into convulsions and he is badly bruised.
He left the synagogue and went next door to the house of a man named Titus Justus, one who worshiped God.
It was difficult to move along the coast. We came to a place called Fair Havens near the town of Lasea.
You must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
He offered us his precious and exceedingly great promises. Through these you may become partakers of the divine nature. You will escape from the corruption that is in the lust-filled world.